un·gu·late adj.1.a. Having hooves.b. Resembling hooves; hooflike.2. Of or belonging to the former order Ungulata, now divided into the orders Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla and composed of the hoofed mammals such as horses, cattle, deer, swine, and elephants.n.An ungulate mammal.[Latin ungultus, from ungula, hoof, diminutive of unguis, nail; see unguis.]